Quote from: kona314 on 03/09/2016 09:05 pmQuote from: PerW on 03/09/2016 08:29 pmTweet from Jeff FoustShotwell: going to the media too soon after a failure is dangerous: the failure’s cause is rarely what you think it is at first. #satshowSo... What about the collet in the leg that they announced pretty quickly? Did they later discover they were wrong about that? Or are they just flat out unsure what caused this? Which seems unlikely to me, given that it was unlikely to be successful anyway...Assuming this is about the recent landing attempt, this raises more questions than it answers.Based on the ... admittedly thin ... context from Jeff's tweets, I would guess that refers to the CRS-7 failure, not the landing attempt that went kaboom.
Quote from: PerW on 03/09/2016 08:29 pmTweet from Jeff FoustShotwell: going to the media too soon after a failure is dangerous: the failure’s cause is rarely what you think it is at first. #satshowSo... What about the collet in the leg that they announced pretty quickly? Did they later discover they were wrong about that? Or are they just flat out unsure what caused this? Which seems unlikely to me, given that it was unlikely to be successful anyway...Assuming this is about the recent landing attempt, this raises more questions than it answers.
Tweet from Jeff FoustShotwell: going to the media too soon after a failure is dangerous: the failure’s cause is rarely what you think it is at first. #satshow
Does anyone know the current disposition of the recovered gadget?
Did anyone happen to have downloaded this FAA document before it dissappeared?https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/licenses_permits/media/LLS%2014-089%20Rev_1%20ORBCOMM-2%20-%20License%20and%20Orders%20-%20Signed.pdfIf so, could anyone please upload it here? Thanks.
Fantastic National Geographic video of SpaceX employees and Elon watching the Orbcomm launch and landing:
Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 12/21/2016 11:19 amFantastic National Geographic video of SpaceX employees and Elon watching the Orbcomm launch and landing:This may be the wrong thread for this, but it's really cool. (Apologies to those who thought a new post in the RTF discussion meant news about the RTF, only to find general discussion. Mods: Please move both if warranted.)At 2:01, after stage separation, Musk is saying "This is bad." Can you imagine the pressure and tension of watching you own multimillion dollar hardware autonomously executing something so audacious and keeping your comments G-rated?
Three satellites in Orbcomm’s recently launched fleet of low-Earth orbit satellites have ceased communicating...With only 12 of 18 satellites now operating as planned, Eisenberg said Orbcomm is planning a smaller batch of third-generation satellites coined OG3 that will serve as a gapfiller.
[SpaceNews] Three Orbcomm OG2 satellites malfunctioning, fate to be determinedQuoteThree satellites in Orbcomm’s recently launched fleet of low-Earth orbit satellites have ceased communicating...With only 12 of 18 satellites now operating as planned, Eisenberg said Orbcomm is planning a smaller batch of third-generation satellites coined OG3 that will serve as a gapfiller.
Quote from: gongora on 08/03/2017 10:08 pm[SpaceNews] Three Orbcomm OG2 satellites malfunctioning, fate to be determinedQuoteThree satellites in Orbcomm’s recently launched fleet of low-Earth orbit satellites have ceased communicating...With only 12 of 18 satellites now operating as planned, Eisenberg said Orbcomm is planning a smaller batch of third-generation satellites coined OG3 that will serve as a gapfiller.Orbcomm is apparently not so lucky with their replacement satellites. The QL satellites were a complete disaster and the OG2 sats have already more losses than expected.
5 years ago today @SpaceX successfully landed a Falcon 9 rocket for the first time! It's hard to describe the energy that was in that building that day, personally - once it sank in that this really happened I totally freaked out!